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donor
[ doh-ner ]
noun
- a person who gives or donates.
Synonyms: patron, sponsor, contributor, supporter
- Medicine/Medical. a person or animal providing blood, an organ, bone marrow cells, or other biological tissue for transfusion or transplantation: sperm donor organ donor
- Law. a person who gives property by gift, legacy, or devise, or who confers a power of appointment.
adjective
- of or relating to the biological tissue of a donor:
donor organ.
donor
/ ˈdəʊnə /
noun
- a person who makes a donation
- med any person who voluntarily gives blood, skin, a kidney etc, for use in the treatment of another person
- law
- a person who makes a gift of property
- a person who bestows upon another a power of appointment over property
- the atom supplying both electrons in a coordinate bond
- an impurity, such as antimony or arsenic, that is added to a semiconductor material in order to increase its n-type conductivity by contributing free electrons Compare acceptor
donor
/ dō′nər /
- An atom or molecule that releases one or more electrons to another atom or molecule, resulting in a chemical bond or flow of electric current.
- Compare acceptorSee also electron carrier
- An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
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Derived Forms
- ˈdonorˌship, noun
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Other Words From
- donor·ship noun
- pre·donor noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of donor1
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Example Sentences
Sometimes politicians oppose reform for nefarious reasons—to protect a special interest or a major donor, for example.
What Florida donor is going to give to Rubio and not Bush?
Recipients in a cryobank can peruse donor files and see hair color, eye color, race, height, IQ, and so on.
Louis Bacon, another big donor, owns land all over the world, including a grouse-hunting estate in Scotland.
Other panelists rallied to the cause of “the invisible woman”—the second and generally anonymous egg donor.
Consequently, though the donor's intention may be subsequently altered, no obligation to make restitution will arise.
Although the charter proceeds from the crown or the government, it is considered as the will of the donor.
Above these is a sandstone belt in which is cut the name of the donor, by vote of the City Government.
In connection with it is a handsome chapel, the gift of the late Deacon David Boutelle and named after the donor.
In this case the donor had escaped, as by a miracle, from a stroke of lightning.
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